Get to know three first-time World Cup players: Sofia Huerta, Kristie Mewis, and Lynn Williams
held a joint press conference. U.S. Soccer officials then rotated in the rest of the players, four at a time, for 25-minute roundtable discussions with journalists. During some sessions, I hopped around from player to player, listening for interesting nuggets and insights, lobbing a question or two. For others, I set up shop at one player’s table, for a little more depth. WhenThese sessions helped inform one of our TIME pieces published this week,.
Huerta, 30, finally received a U.S. call-up in 2017, but the USWNT coaching staff encouraged her to switch to positions, from forward to defense, on her club team so she could gain more experience playing there. Such a switch would offer a clearer path to making the 2019 World Cup team. She was traded from Chicago to Houston in 2018, under the impression she’d play outside back with the Dash. She never did. She was left off the 2019 World Cup roster.
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